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Originally Posted by rkomar
Cell radios are a pain for manufacturers in many ways. Not only getting them past government regulations, but then you have to deal with the phone companies. Amazon failed at the latter in Canada (where the phone companies may be unsurpassed in the world for greed and arrogance). Ereader manufacturers quickly gave up on it because it was likely to be stymied somewhere, so a big gamble for little return.
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Arrogance, maybe. Greed? Not sure if there is any phone company anywhere that isn't tied for the lead in the category.